Doge Teodato of Venice

Patrician Teodato of Orsoleo (715-) was the head of the House of Orsoleo.

Biography
Teodato was born in 715 to the House of Orsoleo, a dynasty of Catholic Italians. Teodato was the son of Doge Orso of Venice, the Doge of Venice from 726 until his death in 737. He harbored an ambition of becoming the Doge of the Republic of Venice like his father, but these ambitions cost him his eyes, as he was blinded.